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- Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:03:16 EST
- From: Jeff Boyd <BOYDJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Message-ID: <93021.120317BOYDJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: The Dutch Challenge
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- One of my first tasks as flood season drew near was to stuff a heavy rag
- into the sump feed and brace it in with a strong stick. This would slow
- the sump inflow rate to the point where a single 1/3hp pump could easily
- handle the job. However, you need to be confident that the water can't
- simply find a new route into your basement, or if it can (eg. seepage)
- that the effective inflow rate is low. Our experience with seepage was
- that the inflow rate was tiny compared to the sump feed.
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- I'd still have backup pumps handy (we had 2x1/3hp electric, 1x4hp gas,
- and 1x1/4hp electric submersible). The gas pumps (obviously) are very
- dangerous, and can kill everyone in your house quite rapidly if you
- don't ventilate. We'd only use it after we'd lost a skirmish and the
- basement had filled to more than a few inches above the sump top.
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- jeff
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